| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Daniel 1: 1 IN THE third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
Daniel 1: 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god, and the vessels he brought into the treasure-house of his god.
Daniel 1: 3 And the king spoke unto Ashpenaz his chief officer, that he should bring in certain of the children of Israel, and of the seed royal, and of the nobles,
Daniel 1: 4 youths in whom was no blemish, but fair to look on, and skilful in all wisdom, and skilful in knowledge, and discerning in thought, and such as had ability to stand in the king's palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
Daniel 1: 5 And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's food, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
Daniel 1: 6 Now among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
Daniel 1: 7 And the chief of the officers gave names unto them: unto Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego. Daniel 1: 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's food, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the officers that he migh 
The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin: but I am not prepared to assert that this does not occur.
The forcible closure of the eyelids is, perhaps, merely a part of that
general action by which almost all the muscles of the body are at
the same time rendered rigid. It is quite different from the gentle
closure of the eyes which often accompanies, as Gratiolet remarks,[19]
the smelling a delicious odour, or the tasting a delicious morsel,
and which probably originates in the desire to shut out any disturbing
impression through the eyes.
[19] `De la Physionomie,' 1865, p. 217.
Professor Donders writes to me to the following effect:
"I have observed some cases of a very curious affection when,
Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: government in a very small number of predetermined cases. *o But
the central government is not represented by an individual whose
business it is to publish police regulations and ordinances
enforcing the execution of the laws; to keep up a regular
communication with the officers of the township and the county;
to inspect their conduct, to direct their actions, or to
reprimand their faults. There is no point which serves as a
centre to the radii of the administration.
[Footnote o: The town committees of schools are obliged to make
an annual report to the Secretary of the State on the condition
of the school. See Act of March 10, 1827, vol. iii. p. 183.]
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